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launch
noun
1 launch
A motorboat with an open deck or a half deck.
Roget 273:
ship,
vessel,
sail;
craft,
bottom.
navy,
marine,
fleet,
flotilla;
shipping.
man of war
etc.
(combatant)
726;
transport,
tender,
storeship†;
merchant ship,
merchantman;
packet,
liner;
whaler,
slaver,
collier,
coaster,
lighter;
fishing boat,
pilot boat;
trawler,
hulk;
yacht;
baggala†;
floating hotel,
floating palace;
ocean greyhound.
ship,
bark,
barque,
brig,
snow,
hermaphrodite brig;
brigantine,
barkantine†;
schooner;
topsail schooner,
for and aft schooner,
three masted schooner;
chasse-maree [Fr.];
sloop,
cutter,
corvette,
clipper,
foist,
yawl,
dandy,
ketch,
smack,
lugger,
barge,
hoy†,
cat,
buss;
sailer,
sailing vessel;
windjammer;
steamer,
steamboat,
steamship,
liner,
ocean liner,
cruisp,
flap,
dab,
pat,
thump,
beat,
blow,
bang,
slam,
dash;
punch,
thwack,
whack;
hit hard,
strike hard;
swap,
batter,
dowse†,
baste;
pelt,
patter,
buffet,
belabor;
fetch one a blow;
poke at,
pip,
ship of the line;
destroyer,
cruiser,
frigate;
landing ship,
LST;
aircraft carrier,
carrier,
flattop [Coll.],
nuclear powered carrier;
submarine,
submersible,
atomic submarine.
boat,
pinnace,
launch;
life boat,
long boat,
jolly boat,
bum boat,
fly boat,
cock boat,
ferry boat,
canal boat;
swamp boat,
ark,
bully,
battery,
bateau [Can.],
broadhorn†,
dory,
droger†,
drogher;
dugout,
durham boat,
flatboat,
galiot†;
shallop†,
gig,
funny,
skiff,
dingy,
scow,
cockleshell,
wherry,
coble†,
punt,
cog,
kedge,
lerret†;
eight oar,
four oar,
pair oar;
randan†;
outrigger;
float,
raft,
pontoon;
prame†;
iceboat,
ice canoe,
ice yacht.
catamaran,
hydroplane,
hovercraft,
coracle,
gondola,
carvel†,
caravel;
felucca,
caique†,
canoe,
birch bark canoe,
dugout canoe;
galley,
galleyfoist†;
bilander†,
dogger†,
hooker,
howker†;
argosy,
carack†;
galliass†,
galleon;
polacca†,
polacre†,
tartane†,
junk,
lorcha†,
praam†,
proa†,
prahu†,
saick†,
sampan,
xebec,
dhow;
dahabeah†;
nuggah†;
kayak,
keel boat [U.S.],
log canoe,
pirogue;
quadrireme†,
trireme;
stern-wheeler [U.S.];
wanigan†,
wangan [U.S.],
wharf boat.
balloon;
airship,
aeroplane;
biplane,
monoplane,
triplane†;
hydroplane;
aerodrome;
air balloon,
pilot balloon,
fire balloon,
dirigible,
zeppelin;
aerostat,
Montgolfier;
kite,
parachute.
jet plane,
rocket plane,
jet liner,
turbojet,
prop-jet,
propeller plane;
corporate plane,
corporate jet,
private plane,
private aviation;
airline,
common carrier;
fighter,
bomber,
fighter-bomber,
escort plane,
spy plane;
supersonic aircraft,
subsonic aircraft.
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Roget 284:
propulsion,
projection;
propelment†;
vis a tergo [Lat.],
force from behind;
push,
shove
etc.
(impulse)
276;
ejaculate;
ejection
etc.
297;
throw,
fling,
toss,
shot,
discharge,
shy;
launch,
release.
[Science of propulsion]
projectiles,
ballistics,
archery.
[devices to give propulsion]
propeller,
screw,
twin screws,
turbine,
jet engine.
[objects propelled]
missile,
projectile,
ball,
discus,
quoit,
brickbat,
shot;
[weapons which propel]
arrow,
gun,
ballista
etc.
(arms)
727†.
[preparation for propulsion]
countdown,
windup.
shooter;
shot;
archer,
toxophilite†;
bowman,
rifleman,
marksman;
good shot,
crack shot;
sharpshooter
etc.
(combatant)
726.
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Polish: barkas
2 launch
The act of propelling with force.
synonym: launching.
verb
1 launch
Set up or found.
synonyms: establish, found, set up.
Roget 66:
begin,
start,
commence;
conceive,
open,
dawn,
set in,
take its rise,
enter upon,
enter;
set out
etc.
(depart)
293;
embark in;
incept†.
initiate,
launch,
inaugurate.
inchoate,
rise,
arise,
originate.
usher in;
lead off,
lead the way;
take the lead,
take the initiative;
head;
stand at the head,
stand first,
stand for;
lay the foundations
etc.
(prepare)
673;
found
etc.
(cause)
153;
set up,
set on foot,
agoing†,
set abroach†,
set the ball in motion;
apply the match to a train;
broach;
open up,
open the door to.
get underway,
set about,
get to work,
set to work,
set to;
make a beginning,
make a start.
handsel;
take the first step,
lay the first stone,
cut the first turf;
break ground,
break the ice,
break cover;
pass the Rubicon,
cross the Rubicon;
open fire,
open the ball;
ventilate,
air;
undertake
etc.
676.
come into existence,
come into the world;
make one's debut,
take birth;
burst forth,
break out;
spring up,
spring forth,
crop up,
pop up,
appear,
materialize.
begin at the beginning,
begin ab ovo [Lat.].
begin again,
begin de novo;
start afresh,
make a fresh start,
take it from the top,
shuffle the cards,
reshuffle the cards,
resume,
recommence.
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Dutch: stichten, instellen, institueren, oprichten
2 launch
3 launch
Launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage.
4 launch
Begin with vigor:
— He launched into a long diatribe.
synonym: plunge.
5 launch
Get going; give impetus to:
— Launch a career.
synonym: set in motion.
Roget 284:
propel,
project,
throw,
fling,
cast,
pitch,
chuck,
toss,
jerk,
heave,
shy,
hurl;
flirt,
fillip.
dart,
lance,
tilt;
ejaculate,
jaculate†;
fulminate,
bolt,
drive,
sling,
pitchfork.
send;
send off,
let off,
fire off;
discharge,
shoot;
launch,
release,
send forth,
let fly;
put in orbit,
send into orbit,
launch into orbit dash.
put in motion,
set in motion;
set agoing†,
start;
give a start,
give an impulse to;
impel
etc.
276;
trundle
etc.
(set in rotation)
312;
expel
etc.
297.
carry one off one's legs;
put to flight.
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Dutch: spietsen
6 launch
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